(First Edition, Signed Bookplate) Part cookbook, part memoir, this book chronicles a year of Susie Middleton's life in rural Martha's Vineyard as she puts behind her a city job and a suburban lifestyle to nurture both her seedlings and her spirit, weathering life as a farmer and creating 125 simple recipes that celebrate cooking with the seasons. Middleton, the former chief editor of Fine Cooking magazine and author of The Fresh & Green Table, gives us recipes like Roasted Squash & Pear Salad with Ginger Lime Vinaigrette and Backyard Berry Ice Cream Pie with Chocolate Sauce while telling a story of wild raspberries, wild turkeys, a rope swing, a hurricane, a bustling farm stand, and a goodly number of chickens.